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Some Evidence on AI, Productivity, and Labor Markets original ↗

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US Budget Deficits: Spitting Into the Wind original ↗

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What are Folk Economic Beliefs?original ↗

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Asian Americans: Two Alternate Histories original ↗

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Winter 2026 Journal of Economic Perspectives Freely Available Online original ↗

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When Social Security Went Haywire in the 1970s original ↗

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Tariffs and Inflation: Where Are We?original ↗

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The Liminal Status of US Immigration Policy original ↗

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China’s Belt and Road Initiative: The Final Act original ↗

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How Slavery Held Back Growth: Looking Across the River original ↗

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Interdependencies in Federal Statistics original ↗

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Snapshots of the US Income Distribution original ↗

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US-China Competition for AI Markets original ↗

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AI and Jobs: Interview with David Autor original ↗

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Standardization as a Tool for Development original ↗

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Some Snapshots of the US Demographic Future original ↗

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Yellen on Fiscal Dominance original ↗

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AEA Distinguished Fellow 2025: That’s Me original ↗

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What is Actually the Problem with the Current US Labor Market?original ↗

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Economic Inequality Does Not Cause Lower Subjective Ratings of Well-Being original ↗

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How Selective Universities Can Increase Socioeconomic Diversity: Admit by SAT Scores original ↗

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Is Your Destiny Seeking You?original ↗

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Hume on the Jealousy of Trade original ↗

31 Dec 2025

Keynes: Free Trade and the Nationalist Impulse original ↗

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US Growth: From Hours Worked or Productivity Gains?original ↗

29 Dec 2025

What’s a Widget in the Modern Economy?original ↗

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Charles Dickens on Management and Labor original ↗

26 Dec 2025

Charles Dickens on Seeing Poverty original ↗

25 Dec 2025

Economics of the Attention Economy original ↗

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How Does Japan Sustain Such High Government Debt?original ↗

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The Late 1800s: High Tariffs and Expanding Trade Together?original ↗

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Some Snapshots of Global Urbanization original ↗

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AI is Coming: Interview with Anton Korinek original ↗

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Government Data: Report of the American Statistical Association original ↗

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Antitrust Enforcement Around the World original ↗

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$9.5 Trillion Per Day: Foreign Exchange Markets original ↗

9 Dec 2025

Medicaid: What It Has Become original ↗

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The US Financial Services Industry original ↗

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How Much are US Firms Using AI Tools?original ↗

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Origins of Thanksgiving original ↗

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An Economist Chews over Thanksgiving original ↗

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US Poverty and Policy original ↗

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Semiconductors: Moore’s Law and Rock’s Law original ↗

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Are the Entry-Level Jobs Drying Up for Young Adults?original ↗

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Do Exclusionary Preferences Explain Why Some Americans Are Happy about Paying for Tariffs?original ↗

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US Tariff Revenues in Perspective original ↗

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Dishwashers and the 24/7 Time Constraint original ↗

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The EU and the Hard Lessons of Neglecting Growth original ↗

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Noncompete Agreements Across High-Income Countries original ↗

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The International Flow of Doctors and Nurses original ↗

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Federal Reserve Accountability for Actions During the Pandemic original ↗

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